Journal of Materials Research February 2005 Vol. 20, No. 2 Editor-in-Chief: Gordon E. Pike Associate Editors: Franz Faupel, Hiroshi Yamamoto

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Anomalous crystallization of hydrogenated amorphous silicon during fast heating ramps  277-281
J. Farjas, J. Serra-Miralles, P. Roura, E. Bertran, P. Roca i Cabarrocas
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Free-standing microscale structures of nanocrystalline zirconia with biologically replicable three-dimensional shapes   282-287
Junping Zhao, Christopher S. Gaddis, Ye Cai, Kenneth H. Sandhage
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Enhanced mechanical properties in ultrafine grained 7075 Al alloy   288-291
Y.H. Zhao, X.Z. Liao, Y.T. Zhu, R.Z. Valiev
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A low-temperature and low-cost method to produce high-quality epitaxial anatase TiO₂ thin films   292-294
Zhaoming Zhang
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Initial study of strengthening of NiAl-Cr(Mo)-Hf alloys by strong magnetic field   295-298
G.J. Ma, C.W. Wu, W.L. Zhou, X.L. Guo, M.F. Ren, J.T. Guo
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Measuring fracture toughness of coatings using focused-ion-beam-machined microbeams   299-302
D. Di Maio, S.G. Roberts
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Primary precipitation of icosahedral quasicrystal with rearrangement of constitutional elements in Zr₆₅Al_7.5Cu_27.5 glassy alloy with low oxygen impurity   303-306
Junji Saida, Hidemi Kato, Akihisa Inoue
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Formation of Al₂O₃ during heating of an Al/TiO₂ nanocomposite powder   307-313
D.L. Zhang, D.Y. Ying, P. Munroe
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Microstructure- and property-controllable NdAlNiCuFe alloys by varying Fe content   314-319
Z. Zhang, D.Q. Zhao, W.H. Wang
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Optical studies of polyvinylpyrrolidone reduction effect on free and complex metal ions  320-324
Caixia Kan, Weiping Cai, Cuncheng Li, Lide Zhang
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Large-scale synthesis of amorphous phosphorus nitride imide nanotubes with high luminescent properties   325-330
Qixun Guo, Qing Yang, Lei Zhu, Chengqi Yi, Yi Xie
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Solute concentration dependence of strength and plastic instabilities in Al-Mg alloys   331-337
Gy. Horváfath, N.Q. Chinh, J. Lendvai
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Two-dimensional ordered polymer hollow sphere and convex structure arrays based on monolayer pore films  338-343
Yue Li, Weiping Cai, Guotao Duan, Bingqiang Cao, Fengqiang Sun
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Elastic and structural properties of alkaline-calcium silica hydrogels   344-349
John W. Phair, Sergey N. Tkachev, Murli H. Manghnani, Richard A. Livingston
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Large negative thermal expansion and phase transition in (Pb_1-xCa_x)TiO₃ (0.30 ⩽ x ⩽ 0.45) ceramics   350-356
Amreesh Chandra, Dhananjai Pandey, M.D. Mathews, A.K. Tyagi
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Interlayer structure of organically modified montmorillonites: Effect of surfactant loading   357-363
Qiang Zheng, Bo Xu, Yihu Song, Hongmei Yang, Yi Pan
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Electrical conductivity changes in bulk Sn, and eutectic Sn-Ag in bulk and in joints, from aging and thermal shock   364-374
F. Guo, J.G. Lee, K.N. Subramanian, T. Hogan
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Distinctive characteristics of solid-state reactions in mechanically alloyed Ti-Al-Si-C powder mixtures   375-385
J.B. Zhou, K.P. Rao
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Nucleation of the Fe₃C in reaction of methane with nanocrystalline iron  386-393
U. Narkiewicz, W. Arabczyk, W. Konicki, A. Pattek-Janczyk
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Mg-based bulk glassy alloys with high strength above 900 MPa and plastic strain   394-400
Guangyin Yuan, Cunling Qin, Akihisa Inoue
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Optical characteristics of photo-curable methacryl-oligosiloxane nano hybrid thick films   401-408
Young-Joo Eo, Jeong Hwan Kim, Ji Hoon Ko, Byeong-Soo Bae
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Synthesis of SiC microtube with villus-like morphology and SiC fiber   409-416
Jae-Won Kim, Seoung-Soo Lee, Yeon-Gil Jung, Baig-Gyu Choi, Chang-Yong Jo, Ungyu Paik
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Patterning of sapphire substrates via a solid state conversion process   417-423
Hyoungjoon Park, Helen M. Chan, Richard P. Vinci
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Parametric effects of low-temperature combustion synthesis of alumina   424-431
Chien-Chong Chen, Kuan-Tung Huang
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Absence of one-to-one correspondence between elastoplastic properties and sharp-indentation load-penetration data   432-437
J. Alkorta, J. M. Martánez-Esnaola, and J. Gil Sevillano
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Crystallization kinetics and dielectric properties of nanocrystalline lead strontium barium niobates   438-446
Ching-Tai Cheng, Michael Lanagan, Jiang-Tsair Lin, Beth Jones, Ming-Jen Pan
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Misfit dislocation dissociation and Lomer formation in low mismatch SiGe/Si heterostructures   447-455
A.F. Marshall, D.B. Aubertine, W.D. Nix, P.C. McIntyre
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Effect of Au distribution in NiO/Au film on the ohmic contact formation to p-type GaN   456-463
Jiin-Long Yang, J.S. Chen, S.J. Chang
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Microwave-hydrothermal synthesis and photoluminescence characteristics of zinc oxide powders   464-471
Chung-Hsin Lu, Wen-Jeng Hwang, S.V. Godbole
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Nucleation efficiency of erbium and ytterbium fluorides in transparent oxyfluoride glass-ceramics   472-481
G. Dantelle, M. Mortier, D. Vivien, G. Patriarche
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Effect of different nanoscale RE₂BaCuO₅ additions on the formation of compositional fluctuation in Sm-Ba-Cu-O superconducting bulk materials   482-488
Shih-Yun Chen, In-Gann Chen, Yan-Chung Liao, Maw-Kuen Wu
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Time-dependent incipient plasticity in Ni₃Al as observed in nanoindentation   489-495
P.C. Wo, L. Zuo, A.H.W. Ngan
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Influence of Zr additives on the microstructure and oxidation resistance of Cu(Zr) thin films   496-503
C.J. Liu, J.S. Chen
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The effect of abrasive hardness on the chemical-assisted polishing of (0001) plane sapphire   504-520
Honglin Zhu, Dale E. Niesz, Victor A. Greenhut, Robert Sabia
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Modeling conical indentation in homogeneous materials and in hard films on soft substrates   521-528
Wangyang Ni, Yang-Tse Cheng
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Nanocrystalline TiO₂ powders synthesized by in-flight oxidation of TiN in thermal plasma: Mechanisms of phase selection and particle morphology evolution   529-537
Seung-Min Oh, Ji-Guang Li, Takamasa Ishigaki
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Large-scale synthesis of highly aligned nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes by injection chemical vapor deposition methods   538-543
J. Liu, R. Czerw, D.L. Carroll
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